Historical Preservationist Gifts

"Great for worship then! Great for retail now!"

The Kitchen area of a Whitechapel Boarding House

Sign: 'Welcome to Fernbanks. Beneath our quaint Norman Rockwell-ish exterior beats a big-box chain store heart, ready to sell out at the drop of a hat.'

Newspaper suicide.

"That newspaper has been showing up ever since you started reading the news online. I think it feels betrayed."

'Forget what?'

"I hope you're not using any of the canned food I so diligently stockpiled.

"Our hobby is finding old, run-down Victorian houses and levelling them."

'Anti-Graffito' worker about to erase hieroglyphics.

"Someday, son, all this will be yours. It'll be under water, but still ..."

Inventor of the Tudor spirit-level

Title page from 'The Scouring of the White Horse'.

Scot country dancing,

Alderman shocked at a proposal to pull down Temple Bar

“It’s a pre-war building, but you’ll see they’ve kept most of the details.”

Building in the countryside

Archeological find in the Myanmar jungle.

"Dear God, no! Not her first edition of 'Franny and Zooey'! You've ruined us!!"

You were warned about mixed marriages!

Dexter Flynn, Taxidermy Attorney.

'Nowadays kiddo, we just need to herd the sheep, but my grandfather had to protect them from wolves!'

Always Remember Their Sacrifice. . .

oh no - here comes the national trust again...

"This year has been a disaster. But, my breaking point was when Apple TV+ hijacked 'It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,' away from network television."

"Doesn't it worry you being such a philistine?"

Keeper giving Lords best position for shooting

'It's mine and you can't have it.' Morris was finding it more difficult than most to adjust to the concept of a 'paperless' office.'

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"How I deplore this senseless destruction of our historic landmarks!"

Demolition, All Types of Architecture Got Rid Of

Dalai Lama.

Remembering all the American Idols.